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Neurofibrillar bipolar cells in the capybara retina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Elizabeth S. Yamada and
Luiz Carlos L. Silveira
Elizabeth S. Yamada
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075–900 Belém, Pará, Brasil
Luiz Carlos L. Silveira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075–900 Belém, Pará, Brasil
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Abstract

Using a reduced-silver neurofibrillar method, we stained a population of bipolar cells in the capybara retina. These cells are distributed throughout the retina following the same topography of other retinal cell classes as the A-type horizontal cells and ganglion cells. The level of axonal stratification, mosaic regularity, and dendritic coverage factor suggest that these neurofibrillar bipolar cells comprise a population of sublamina a cone bipolar cells.

Keywords

Retinal bipolar cellsNeurofibrillar stainVisionCapybaraHystricomorph rodents

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , November 1996, pp. 1173 - 1177
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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